Interstellar - How Hans Zimmer Creates the Sound of Space
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- Опубліковано 28 тра 2024
- Hans Zimmer’s score for Interstellar dispensed of a lot of the musical language that had been so commonplace in his scores before this film. Driven by the desire to create a sound-world that he, and director Christopher Nolan, hadn't yet explored, Zimmer created music full of soft, introspective sounds: sustained organ melodies and chords, hushed orchestral textures and transparent, widely-spaced harmony. In this essay, I look at how this sound-world perfectly captures the isolation and loneliness of space, but I also consider, more significantly, how Hans Zimmer’s music realises the emotional message that is at the heart of the film.
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*HOW IS THIS LAD SO UNDERRATED?*
AND WHO DOES THESE RATINGS!?!?!?
I nearly cried in the end. Amazing work. Christopher Nolan and Hans Zimmer as well as, of course, you yourself.
Thank you. Really glad you enjoyed it.
It did bring tears to my eyes. The combination of the music, the memories of the movie and the explanation of the music is wonderfull.
nearly? damn this music fucks with my brain..
I cried
I cried too. The music enhanced and evoked the emotions played out in the film.
6:20
This is why I want to experience this movie in imax again. That whole Cooper driving away and taking off with all the beautiful and extremely loud orchestra giving way to absolute silence was actually deafening in the theatre. It simultaneously made me immersed but also extremely aware that there suddenly was silence. Idk how to describe that experience, but I want to feel that again.
I never even got to see it in a regular theatre! I hope one day I will find a way to see it in IMAX. So awesome you got to!!
I SOOO regret that I missed seeing this in (a real 70mm) IMAX... this and Dunkirk. I would drive between states if I could find an IMAX theater playing Interstellar again.
@@Locutus494 Straight up. I live in a tri/quad state area and would literally drive hours and hours to see this in IMAX. I'd go on an entire roadtrip to see it in IMAX lol! I can't think of a single other movie that I would even care about seeing in IMAX other than Interstellar! Maybe The Matrix? That sounds dumb, I know but I do still love the 1st one lol
@@elizabethsedai854 Indeed! For me, I'd go to great lengths to see Interstellar, Dunkirk, or 1917 in IMAX.
This is the only movie where i wish i couldve seen it on imax i wish theaters did rewatchs or premieres
This has quickly become one of my favourite music channels on UA-cam. Everything I've seen on your channel is of an outstanding quality, well researched/thought out, and beautifully edited. You deserve a big audience
Thank you so much! I've just, as it happens, finished watching your fantastic essay on the Journey score. Hilariously, I was planning one in the game as well! I think I might leave it now! Your video was excellent.
@@ListeningIn You must do one on Journey! I'm sure you'll find and show us things I never even noticed - you always do
Im subscribed to u both guys❤️
Agreed! I just found you today and MY GOD are these well done! Thank you for sharing. I love this particular soundtrack and your analysis and conclusions, as well as your excellent analysis of the music's emotional connections, were absolutely moving and profound. Thank you!
For those who have not seen the videos on Star Wars and the Lord of the Rings...equally enlightening and moving. Check them out.
Maybe you could collab with each other
14:40 “Vast, major chords underneath a soaring melody. Like the death of a star. Final, and glorious.” Wow.
This unexpected cue is my favourite in the film. Thank you for calling it out, and especially for letting it play out without talking over it. You get it brother.
"Mahlerian" ie. Gustav Mahler.
It was such an amazing scene. It's easily one of my favorite movie score moments of all time
My favourite part too!
10:32 damn Hans Zimmer did brilliant job - just hearing the song and my eyes are getting wet remembering all the emotions I felt during the movie. Just brilliant and simple.
Bruh its not a song
I cannot listen to the docking sequence music without my stomach clenching. That is one of the most stressful, high-stakes sequences ever put to film in my opinion.
Edit: Your videos are amazing. You're basically the music equivalent of LSOO. Both of your channels consistently move me. Sometimes to tears.
we call that the McConaughey special
for me it was dunkirk , almost puked my lunch out back then
what's the LSOO channel? can you say the complete name?
@@paloma2757 Like Stores of Old.
I feel sorry for the poor people who didn't get to see this in the Cinema...that Zimmer score, with the full surround sounds was an outer world experience. The docking sequence was easily the highlight of that score imo
I was able to. A true masterpiece.
I was not able to, but I appreciate your thoughts. One day though! (now I remember asking a movie theatre in town about a replay, good reminder!)
Love that scene but the launch scene when the FULL BRASS kicks in made me weep from the sheer AWE of that sound.
The "death of a star" bit is incredible too.
I've never gotten shivers from a video essay before.
The bit at 5:10 - 6:15 where the "full brass" comes in is the part that did it for me.
I have with two, this one and one for a videogame... Although I'm not sure if that one is actually a small documentary or also an essay.
That edit into Murph's room at the start made me gasp a lil bit. Great video
Ha. That took SO LONG!
@@ListeningIn 100% worth it
This is so incredibly well made. Interstellar has one of the most beautiful scores of all time, and the way you guided me through it was probably the closest I’ll ever get to listening to it for the first time again. Your analysis manages to parallel the beauty of this music, with your careful narration and vivid descriptions. I am in awe. Thank you so much.
"The closest I’ll ever get to listening to [Interstellar] for the first time again". That is high praise. Really damn high. (And deserved)
Boy have I been waiting for this since you responded to me saying that I wouldn't have to wait so long. These 6 days have felt like forever. Thank you.
It's been a long 6 days for me too. Couldn't wait to get this one out.
Interstellar will be my favourite movie till I die, nothing can ever be greater then interstellar and beat its music and the emotions it brings.
Me too! I literally would watch it every day lol. It's... just amazing. My dad passed away right before I saw this movie the first time and it just... sigh... yeah I'm crying now. It means a lot to me.
I love how haunting the “unknown” theme is.
I'm generally not a massive fan of Zimmer (although I definitely respect him), but I LOVE his Interstellar score. It's absolutely perfect for the film. Thank you for this! Can't wait to watch this.
Couldn't agree more! Hope you enjoy the video!
Yes, the last incredible score of his recent career. His recent cues are...well, not my favorites.
@@LucasLucasMusic I feel he kinda phones it in a bunch, especially for some of the shitty films he scores now. Just wait until he collabs with Nolan again (Tenet did have an excellent score but Zimmer was busy)
I'm not the biggest Zimmer fan either but I'm definitely hyped for his Dune score.
Agreed. I don't always love his scores but this and inception are literally perfect
This soundtrack makes the film a whole. Makes me feel a longing. Longing for exploration. Not as individual but as a species. For all mankind.
Thank you for fantastic analysis.
Every time you post I grow an immense respect for the music you talk about. I will never watch the movie the same. Thank you for being so enlightening!
Thank you for watching Adam - I'm so pleased you enjoyed the video.
This music evokes feelings of awe and majesty in me I have only felt in LOTR and SW
"Analyse the Endurance's spin."
"Cooper, what are you doing?"
"Docking."
Such a great scene and great movie.
Marvelous analysis for a marvelous movie! You're fantastic!
Beautifully done. I'm in tears again, like I am every time I watch this film... and every time I watch one of your videos. You have a gift. Thank you for sharing it.
I really should stop making you cry! I feel bad for all the water you're losing. p.s. thank you so much for being so kind
@@ListeningIn 😂
It's a good cry. Don't you worry.
Pierre, I'm in the same boat. I don't even have children and this score just pierces my emotional core.
The shot of him driving away (for the final time) with the music/cinematography, over-layed with the launch countdown...always gets me. Imagine how hard that would of been for a father to leave his children, not knowing if you'll ever see them again...or if you can even save them.
This was truly wonderful. And, as an organist, I was thrilled when I first saw/heard this monumental film, and its breath-taking organ score in a theater with all those big, wonderful speakers rumbling... almost overwhelming in its emotional impact.
INTERSTELLAR is certainly one of the greatest sci-fi films ever made. And a huge part of its success is due to the flawless Zimmer score.
Thank you for presenting this.
I feel sorry for the academy awards to have missed to recognize the greatest soundtrack in cinema history
Your talent is wasted on youtube! Both the analytical and design part are top-notch
Was waiting for this! In the Netherlands the cinema's will open first of june and they're showing Interstellar in IMAX. This is the perfect way to mentally prepare for such a movie.
That sounds amazing. I'd love to see it in IMAX. I missed it when it came out here in the UK.
@@ListeningIn It's my favorite movie and this will be the First time seeing it in IMAX. I'm going twice the first week.
I am very familiar with the interstellar score, have even seen it performed live by Zimmer himself but you just shed a new light on the score and the movie for me. I'm a 20 year old dude and I just shed a tear because of your amazing storytelling, you are bound for greatness my friend...
Omg that's SO cool! I want to do that!!!
Your description of this score is magical poetry. The score is perfectly entwined with the film, so much so that I always experienced it as part of the whole without focusing in on it. I have a new appreciation of it now. Thankyou.
The scene where Cooper re-docks with the Endurance is one of my favorite film scenes of all time. The entire fate of humanity boiled down to the efforts of a single man, refusing to yield against impossible odds, motivated by his love for his family. That’s the stuff of myth right there, and the music tells the story just as much as what’s happening visually. Such a fantastic movie.
this is where I learned what the music of space sounds like: Haunting
THANK YOU SO MUCH! I've enjoyed this video so much, it almost made me cry twice. I didn't noticed that all the connections between the musical ideas Zimmer put on this movie were so connected! It has inspired me a lot. I'm a composer and currently I'm trying to put together a collection of orchestral songs, struggling with the cohesiveness of it all. So this video really helps me. Thank you, again. I hope your channel gets the views (and subscribers) it deserves.
It's completely my pleasure! I'm really pleased you enjoyed this video, and that it helps you. p.s. sorry I nearly made you cry!
This is the soundtrack which pulled me into film scoring, totally blew me away the first time. You did a marvelous analysis man, keep going!
Hans Zimmer & Christopher Nolan together are unparalleled. Great video.
“Vast major chords underneath a soaring melody. Like the death of a star.” 14:41
Fuck how did you capture that perfectly?!
I’d never understood how amazing this score was until now.
In the last 3 minutes I couldn't keep it together and started crying like a baby... This movie is a masterpiece, and your story telling is absolutely incredible, because that's what it is, through your incredible passion for music.
Hans Zimmer did the work of a genius on this movie, and the more you talked the more it made sense. Thank you.
There are very few people that will understand the significance and the absolute brilliance of this sound track. This is the only sound track from start to finish that overwhelms me waves of chills and goosebumps. "No time for caution" on the docking scene has to be one of the most captivating and most emotional pieces of music that has ever been created. There is a moment in that piece that expresses an uncomprehending desperation for Cooper and Brand as well as humanity (at 2:35 of "No time for caution") itself. It brings tears to my eyes every time.
Interstellar is one of my most favorite movies so far. This movie really makes me feel like there HAS to be something bigger than ourselves out there, somewhere, there JUST HAS TO BE. If ever there was a movie that creates hope for humanity on planet earth, then Interstellar is that movie.
I know very little about music, but watching your videos gives me a great appreciation for the thought and care put into these scores. You’re doing the whole industry a service!
I learned enough through various band classes to basically understand most of the words. But I watch videos like this and realize how little I actually know. This score is balls to the wall amazing and I can feel and point to vague reasons why. But this dude breaks it down like a damn expert.
When studios make big movies and don’t put the money into making the scores work this well, I don’t know why they bother. I don’t know if the masses don’t care or what. Marvel is really bad about this aside from Silvestri’s movies and Black Panther. The music isn’t bad, but so much is forgettable.
I remember when Interstellar came out it divided the audience and critics. But I'm glad that throughout the years it has been appreciated more and more.
I cried multiple times during this video out of euphoric exasperation, great analysis mate! Do Batman Trilogy please :)
I never fail to appreciate the fact such a masterpiece as S.T.A.Y started from a single sentence premise Nolan gave to Zimmer that hinted nothing at this being a sci-fi, just the relationship between a father and his child.
Could you cover his Planet Earth 2 soundtrack? That was one of his OSTs that didn't sound samey, really stuck out.
Mesmerizing. The way you intertwine the story of the film with the music theory analysis and the underlying movie clips and audio. Brilliant. Just Brilliant. More please!
Bruh why does this barely have 50k views? :/
I guess UA-cam algorithm really takes its time sometimes. But don't worry. This video is timeless! :)
This is one deep movie... and this just goes to show how much the music has to do with it! Great work!!
The movie is amazing. The score was incredible (i’ve listened to portions if it since the movie came out over and over). Your analysis of how the score relates to the movie opens another dimension of enjoyment. Like others, I can’t believe you don’t have more subscribers, or why are you not producing this show for Netflix instead of UA-cam?
I'm no musician, but listening to you made me understand the brilliant intent behind this score. Great job my dude.
Another fantastic video! From someone who knows almost no music theory, this video does such a good job of explaining how the score tells a story on its own, and makes the film even more of a masterpiece. It's a whole new view of Interstellar that I've never even thought about, a whole new language that I could enjoy before but only now I can truly appreciate it.
Hi Alex. That's very interesting to hear - I'm really pleased you're able to enjoy the video without knowing a huge amount about music theory. That is my aim!
You have all, music theory knowledge, love, feeling...
I'm french and this is one of the only english-speaking channels where I understand everything. Thanks for talking so clearly
How this masterpiece score lost the Oscar to Grand Budapest Hotel still bothers me to this day. This movie, and score, really upped the ante on what good Science Fiction can be.
this video completely took me in and didnt let go until the very end, really well done
Interstellar is my favorite movie and the Cooper message scene is very personal for me. The Nolan / Zimmer collaboration has created something extraordinary and you did a great job at analyzing how.
A good composer can make a good melody, but a great composer makes an experience. Great video by the way, this video was excellent quality you are definitely underrated. You got yourself a new sub.
IDK why I'm crying, I never knew that an explanation of the soundtrack has a lot more to the film
Can't describe how much I love the "stay" theme! The fact that it begins simple and then slowly grows until the end, perfectly matchs the scene in the movie, it's a mix of feelings very well translated trough the music.
I never experienced any formal musical education and often struggle with the terminology, can't read notes etc, yet every word you said immediately made sense in my head. Fantastic analysis and work on your side!
Hans Zimmer scores are hit and miss for me, but in Interstellar he definitely hit the nail on the head. His music carried a lot of the emotional weight of this film.
Goosebumps. Everytime.
Interstellar in IMAX turned me to a jelly puddle in the theatre, salt of tears in dried layers across my face. So much about it cut right to my soul, and at a time in my life that this was all tender to me. The soundtrack was at least half the film.
The Detach piece is beyond amazing, the bass sounds like Gargantua's heartbeat
I do not think that I've ever heard a movie score that fits it's film as perfectly as interstellar
It’s been over 2 years since you released this amazing analysis, and I keep coming back to rewatch. Such a great analysis of a masterpiece of a score and film.
In Cinema You felt this movie on your whole body, that organ sounded so big and impressive.
Music isn't something that we can touch though we are touch by it. Her waves lead us to a pressure that cannot be expressed by words.
Hans Zimmer has long been my favorite film composer, equally at home in live action and animation. Fantastic analysis.
All of this is going so far over my head but I love it
Overlaying the musical notation onto the scenes is so effective. Really carried away with these.
I totally relived the movie's most touching moments. Great video, thanx!!!
Thank you for explaining the music of the best movie ever made. This is one example of a film score where you first feel it before you understand it.
Love to hear analysis of Zimmer’s unique, Oscar winning score for Dune.
Hanz Zimmer's music is simple, simple ingenious. I can hear it on and on.
yep - I cried watching this video. I love this film and its score so, so much. thanks for your thoughtful analysis.
My pleasure!
My favorite two things in this masterpiece is that in the goodbye scene you can hear an heartmonitor hinting towards the end and murphs death.
And the second thing is the clicking on the water planet which symbolises the time which has past on earth:
1 Click = 1 day on earth
This is purely my opinion and interpretation so maybe it's wrong :)
The music always makes me cry. I wish I could watch an orchestra perform the entire score.
criminal how underrated this channel is. This might be the best youtube video ever made. I have revisited it countless times since its release
Just fantastic. I get excited everytime you post a video.
You've made me feel emotions I havent felt in a very, very long time. Thank you
14:40 is absolutely ethereal. How not only Zimmer, but you built up to that moment is beautiful. That moment in this video took my breath away, and put a lump in my throat.
thanks for the kind words. i love all my fans.
Man this is soooooo great, your work is just amazing keep it that way . You deserve so much more
These visual essays and analysis are stunning. I’m subscribed and thoroughly enjoying them. Thank you. A real talent.
This brought tears to my eyes.
Amazing analysis and perfect editing.
I have just found your channel, and loving your videos. Keep going dude, because this channel is going to blow up!!
I just love all your videos. They make me feel so much.
These are so good. I loved every one of them.
Woah. This channel is awesome. Keep it up! Interstellar’s soundtrack is one of my favorites. So great.
It is amazing! Thanks for share your awesome stuff!
This is one of my favorite movies, and I feel you 100% did it justice. I had chills the entire video. Your editing and writing is amazing!
This is the reason why I am proud of my country: Hans Zimmer
Criminally underviewed and underrated.
Wow! This is the channel I needed for so long! Thanks! ❤️❤️
I just watched a bunch of your videos and this has become easily one of my favorite youtube channels. They way you bring all of my thoughts of film scores and help me understand them in a musician way (me not being a musician or knowing how this stuff is done) is astounding. Thank you for making these videos and please I beg you keep doing it. Its amazing stuff and makes me so happy.
Absolutely spellbinding! Fantastic and fascinating analysis - beautiful presentation both visually and audibly. Can't wait for your 14th!
I’m so amazed, congratulations for your hard work. One can tell when someone is speaking with passion and heart. This soundtrack definitely deserved an analysis like this one.
Interstellar is amazing! Everything about it. Great detailed analysis, bro. I can't count how many times I have listened to the OST. You skipped the song Mountains though. I thought you'd talk about. But overall a very well-done video. Subscribed!
I know! I was looking forward to it - saving this masterpiece for another video, perhaps? (We can hope)
Great work!
Amazing explaination!!
Thank you so much for these videos you're making. They are beautifully made and I am obsessed! Keep going!
Absolutely amazing work. You’ve somehow allowed me to appreciate my favorite movie even more.
Beautiful analysis. Thank you.
Brilliant presentation! Thank you!